Documents reveal details in Marine wife murder case

Lopez’s letter says that she already lost Mistress once to someone who came between her and Master. Therefore, it says, “I knew what I had to do.”

Deputy District Attorney Patrick Espinoza, the lead prosecutor in the case, said in court that Perez had plans to take Killgore on a dinner boat cruise the night of April 13. Minutes after he picked Killgore up from her home, one of her friends received a text message that read, “Help.”

The next day, Perez was arrested on unrelated weapons charges. He told authorities he and drove Killgore to the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, where he dropped her off in front of a night club while he looked for parking.

About 15 minutes later, Perez arrived at front of the club but could not find Killgore, according to the documents. He said he looked for her for 30 minutes, but never went inside. He said he left the Gaslamp and headed home.

According to the documents, several text messages were sent from Perez to Killgore’s cellphone that night, some of which read: “Your friends are calling me worried;” “Where are you?” and “Ok now I am worried too.”

Killgore never responded. Her friend reported receiving a text message from Killgore’s phone that night that seemed “suspicious.”

The investigation revealed that Perez's and Killgore’s phones were used in Fallbrook that night at times when both were supposed to be in downtown San Diego.

In one of the documents, a sheriff's detective says he doesn't believe Perez ever intended to take Killgore on the dinner cruise and that he turned off her cellphone while she was being killed.